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Carboxymethyl chitosan: Properties and biomedical applications.

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The most recent applications of CMC derivatives with antimicrobial, anticancer, antitumor, antioxidant and antifungal biological activities in various areas like wound healing, tissue engineering, drug/enzyme delivery, bioimaging and cosmetics are highlighted.
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This article is published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.The article was published on 2018-12-01. It has received 373 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mucoadhesion & Chitosan.

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Pharmaceutical applications of chitosan

TL;DR: Property and numerous applications of chitosan-based compounds in drug delivery, gene delivery, cell encapsulation, protein binding, tissue engineering, preparation of implants and contact lenses, wound healing, bioimaging, antimicrobial food additives, antibacterial food packaging materials and antibacterial textiles are presented.
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Chitosan Derivatives and Their Application in Biomedicine.

TL;DR: Chitosan derivatives will have a large impact and show potential in biomedicine for the development of drugs in future and the applications in the antibacterial, sustained slowly release, targeting, and delivery system fields are described.
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Recent advances in using of chitosan-based adsorbents for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical review of chitosan-based materials for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds is presented. But, the results of the review are limited to three categories: antibiotics (tetracycline, amoxicillin, etc.), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (diclofenac, ibuprofen, etc.) and other pharmaceutical compounds.
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Recent progress in the structural modification of chitosan for applications in diversified biomedical fields

TL;DR: This article critically reviews the recent developments in the structural modifications of chitosan and its nano-structured variants produced via different techniques and their potential applications in diversified biomedical fields such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound healing, and gene therapy.
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Synthesis, Bioapplications, and Toxicity Evaluation of Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of recent advances in chitosan derivatives and nanoparticle synthesis, as well as emerging applications in medicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, gene therapy, and cancer therapy are presented.
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